Posted April 14, 200817 yr Hip-hop 'wrong' for Glastonbury By Colin Paterson Entertainment reporter, BBC News Monday, 14 April 2008 Noel Gallagher has criticised the decision to have a hip-hop act headlining the Glastonbury Festival. The Oasis guitarist said having rapper Jay-Z at the festival was the reason tickets had not sold out this year. He said it was "wrong" to have a hip-hop headliner and added that organisers had changed things too much. But Hattie Collins, editor of urban music magazine RWD, called Gallagher's comments "ill-informed rubbish" and said Jay-Z was a "great crowd puller". There were 100,000 tickets sold for Glastonbury on the first day, but in past years all tickets had sold out in a matter of hours. Gallagher said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it. "If you start to break it then people aren't going to go. I'm sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. "Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go 'Kylie Minogue?' "I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong." Oasis headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 1995 and 2004, with the event selling out on both occasions. Kanya King, who established the Mobo Awards, said Gallagher was wrong to criticise the festival's choice of headliner. "Given that Glastonbury is trying to reach a younger audience and diversify then I think it's important that they embrace hip-hop," she said. "It seems only fitting that you should have a global superstar act like Jay-Z on the show. "Glastonbury doesn't have that many hip-hop acts on the main stage, so maybe music lovers will get to see him and their opinions will change." Ms Collins said she believed the Oasis songwriter had "probably never seen Jay-Z live or heard any of his tunes". "Hip-hop in a live setting can be fantastic and has just as much right to be there as any other run-of-the-mill indie band," she added. "Gone are the days when a guy would turn up with a microphone and grab himself while wandering around mumbling." Glastonbury organisers took out an advert in Monday's Guardian newspaper to encourage ticket sales. The ad invites people to "take a five-day break at Worthy Farm and enjoy the most extraordinary festival anywhere in the world". The full line-up will be announced on 1 May. Gallagher also rubbished recent stories saying Oasis were ready to "do a Prince" and have a residency at London's O2 Arena. "We'll never play the O2," he said. "We went there to see Led Zeppelin and to be honest the gig was fantastic, but it was the most soul destroying venue I've ever been to. "And much to our manager and agent's disappointment, we came back and said we would never play there. "So it means we are going to have to do 640 nights at Earl's Court, I would have thought. "It's too Americanised for me, and it's too far away. Any gig you can get to by boat that hasn't got a beach is wrong." He did confirm that Oasis' seventh studio album had been completed. "That's finished. All done. We're just kind of waiting to get a record deal and get it out. "We've not managed to get a title yet. We're in the middle of doing the artwork. Down to a shortlist of about three." Source ---------------------------------------------------------- http://republika.pl/blog_wn_1248882/2566578/tr/charts.jpg
April 14, 200817 yr Nah I disagree. The headliners full stop at Glastonbury are pretty shocking this year, and Jay-Z's set should be the best, apparently if the rumours are true about Beyonce, Linkin Park etc. joining him. Fact is, if people didn't like Hip-Hop at festivals then they wouldn't book them to play the festivals. Having someone like Jay-Z is a perfect way to try and encourage a wider range of people to go to the festivals too.
April 14, 200817 yr I'd rather see Jay-Z than Oasis, but I never go to Glastonbury so my opinion doesn't count for much. :lol:
April 14, 200817 yr I couldnt care less about the festival, but the worrying piece of news is that Oasis have finished a new album :( :rolleyes: fack off Galagher
April 15, 200817 yr Hip Hop is kinda wrong for Glastonbury (in the same way that Death or Black Metal would be also..), because Glasto is about creating a certain type of vibe, and Hip Hop seems to be at odds with that, but it is right for other festivals.. One of my own best Festival experiences was seeing Public Enemy absolutely brutalise their way through the '92 Reading Festival, but then, this was when mainstream Rap/Hip Hop had a social and political conscience... The reason why PE worked at Reading is because Reading has a totally different vibe to Glastonbury... Jay Z would be a better fit for Reading or Leeds (or, heck, even Download) I reckon...
April 15, 200817 yr glasto has never been seen as a stage for hip hop, so gallagher is right, jay z IS out of place there.
April 15, 200817 yr well maybe times are changing. The festival wasnt a rock one in the beginning either so...
April 15, 200817 yr well maybe times are changing. The festival wasnt a rock one in the beginning either so... Rock Music is based upon Blues and Folk music though mate, it is a much better fit for Glasto than Rap is... Like I say, Rap does not fit the Glastonbury vibe or ethos any more than bands like Cradle of Filth, Deicide or Slayer would, nowt to do with "changing times", if it don't fit, you shouldn't force it.. Jay Z would work at a festival like Reading or Download (yes, Download is Metal, but Rap/Metal has crossed over many times - Cypress Hill, Eminem, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Rage Against the Machine, RHCP, Korn, Ice T & Body Count, etc...).
April 15, 200817 yr Surely we should all wait to see how he does and how people react to his set before we confirm that he's the wrong choice? For all any of us know he could go down an absolute treat with festival go-ers. I imagine he will too. He's got that something. ^_^
April 15, 200817 yr Surely we should all wait to see how he does and how people react to his set before we confirm that he's the wrong choice? For all any of us know he could go down an absolute treat with festival go-ers. I imagine he will too. He's got that something. ^_^ The fact that it took a whole day for tickets to sell says everything.. Usually, Glasto goes in a matter of hours, especially seeing as how they missed a year last year.... Glasto's just totally whored itself now.. Ever since the Mean Fiddler Organisation got involved, Glasto has steadily been losing its uniqueness and cutting edge....
April 15, 200817 yr I hate Jay-Z personally, I mean I don't like Hip-Hop particularly but he is just awful, but I think that festivals should be mixed with all types of music not just rock-based the second someone slightly pop or hop hop influenced gets put on a list people start complaining. Eeee
April 15, 200817 yr I think its good that Jay-Z is headlining as it gives other genres a chance instead of the usual and also attracts a different audience. Bring on Girls Aloud next year! lol
April 15, 200817 yr I don't think hip-hop is particularly wrong, but Jay Z? Come on, he has about 3 well known songs here and hasn't had a hit in years. Pathetic choice. (I guess the same could be said for The Verve also :lol: ) Edited April 15, 200817 yr by RabbitFurCoat
April 15, 200817 yr He's deffinatly not right for Glastonbury, but it's just one of them crossover things. It's happened in music, in other festivals, and now its happening in Glastonbury, Plus, after all these years, maybe it's a good thing to change the formula and open up Indie and Rap to different fan bases.
April 15, 200817 yr The fact that it took a whole day for tickets to sell says everything.. Usually, Glasto goes in a matter of hours, especially seeing as how they missed a year last year.... Glasto's just totally whored itself now.. Ever since the Mean Fiddler Organisation got involved, Glasto has steadily been losing its uniqueness and cutting edge.... Actually, the tickets have STILL to sell out. As of yesterday BBC6 MUSIC was told they were 10-12,000 left. To think in 2005 it was over-subscribed by 2.5 times, yet 3 years & two festivals later it fails to sell out tells you something. Historically, (as Scott has already said) Glastonbury has been blues & folked b(i)ased, hence if the Eavis' wanted to take a chance then booking Prince to headline instead of Jay-Z would have been a far better option.
April 15, 200817 yr Perhaps if Prince still had ANY relevance on the music scene instead of prancing around being an arrogant knob...
April 16, 200817 yr http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44560000/jpg/_44560792_noelgallagher203b_getty.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44566000/jpg/_44566544_ap_jayz203x300.jpg Noel Gallagher has spoken out against the decision to recruit a hip-hop star to headline Glastonbury. The Oasis guitarist blamed the failure to sell all the festival tickets on the decision to get Jay-Z to perform. Organisers have insisted that slow sales are down to fears of more wet weather, but the 40-year-old Oasis star said it is "wrong" to have a hip-hop headliner. He told the BBC: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you start to break it then people aren't going to go. I'm sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. "Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go 'Kylie Minogue?' I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong." dailystar.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- A reply to Noels comments Hip-Hop Connection editor Andy Cowan has described Oasis star Noel Gallagher as a "has-been". He hit back at comments Gallagher made about the arrival of hip-hop music at Glastonbury Festival being "wrong", describing the rocker's views as "reactionary". The guitarist suggested yesterday that Jay-Z's addition to the Glastonbury bill was the reason behind the lower number of ticket registrations for this year's event. Cowan told the BBC: "These are the typical reactionary views of a pampered has-been. :lol: Edited April 16, 200817 yr by Jez
April 16, 200817 yr Noel is right. Glasto is a festival for hippys not for this homies with gold rings and guns.
April 16, 200817 yr Noel is right. Glasto is a festival for hippys not for this homies with gold rings and guns. What an utterly stupid and uneducated response. :mellow:
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